The Modern Eye: Photographs 1917 - 1939

9 April - 16 May 2015

Edward Weston

Nude Study II (Anita Brenner), Mexico, 1925

Gelatin silver contact print on warm-toned, matte surface paper

8 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches
21.3 x 18.3 cm

Printed by the photographer in Mexico City, 1925, and presented to the model at the time. Annotated 'Edward Weston / Nude Study II / Anita Brenner / 1925' and 'EW...

Provenance

Provenance: Edward Weston, Mexico Anita Brenner, Mexico Family of Anita Brenner, CA

Literature

Amy Conger, Edward Weston Photographs from the Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, (Tucson, AZ: Center for Creative Photography, 1992), fig. 186/1925; Edward Weston: Nudes, (New York: Aperture, 1993), p. 34; Edward Weston, (Cologne: Taschen, 1999), pl. 89; Edward Weston: Form of Nudes, (New York: Phaidon, 2005), p. 18.